Communication, Interaction, Physical and Sensory (CIPS) Advisory Service
Communication, Interaction, Physical and Sensory (CIPS) Advisory Service
The council's Communication, Interaction, Physical and Sensory Advisory Service collaborates with early years settings, educational institutions, families, and partner organisations to support children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), offering high-quality specialist teaching, guidance, and support.
The goal of the Communication, Interaction, Physical, and Sensory Advisory Service (CIPS) is to elevate standards, ambitions, and expectations, to ensure comprehensive curriculum access and inclusion within the setting, thereby enhancing the educational, social, emotional, and physical outcomes for your child.
We provide support for children and young people with autism spectrum disorders, specific language impairments, complex medical conditions, and hearing, vision, and physical disabilities.
It is our vision that the CIPS Advisory Service will surmount obstacles and enhance learning access by delivering high-quality specialist teaching, advice, and support to children, young people, and their educational settings as they prepare for adulthood.
The CIPS Advisory Service consists of two service areas that offer a range of support:
Communication and Interaction
We assist children with speech and language challenges, autism, or social communication needs, as well as their educational environments.
Physical and Sensory
Supporting children (and settings) with a physical disability, deafness and hearing loss and vision impairment. Our aim is to enable all pupils with physical impairments and/or medical conditions to access their educational environment alongside their peers.